Win 8.1 Start Button Missing

I updated to 8.1 a while ago and everything worked fine. For security reasons I change my user profile from admin to standard user and the Win 8.1 start button disappeared. If I logon as admin it's also not there. If I create a new user it is also missing the 8.1 start button. Does anybody know how I can get it back? Note: I am running Start8 as well and it still works as it should.

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Medico, thanks for the welcome and also for your response. Odd thing is that even with my using Start8 the Win 8.1 start button installed itself over the Start8 button with just enough of the Start8 button showing that I could actually use both. The Win button disappeared when I changed the user from admin to a standard user. Can't say that I'll miss the Win button, was just curious were it went and with your response I'm now curious why it was there. Windows can sometimes be an elusive beast.

Mine did the same thing but it only went away after updating Start8. I thought perhaps that superimposing was symptomatic of how poorly my upgrade went, not returning W8 to a more pristine state before the upgrade, but if your's is working fine, it may not be at all.

My Start8 is fine. I do not see the Win 8.1 Start Button at all, but I do have the latest update to Start8. I updated Start8 prior to the Win 8.1 Upgrade and did not see this phenomena at all. I suspect after upgrading Start8 to the latest version, all will be well.